August 2001

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Brazil: Former governor of Amazonas (1955-59, 1963-64) Plínio Ramos Coelho dies.Mexico: Gubernatorial elections in Tabasco are won by Manuel Andrade Díaz of the Institutional Revolutionary Party with 51.2% of the vote, against 46.5% for Raúl Ojeda Zubieta of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. Turnout is 62.5%.Uganda: Former foreign minister (1979-80) and prime minister (1980-85) Otema Allimadi dies.

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Vietnam: Duong Van Minh, four times South Vietnamese head of state (1963-64, 1964, 1964, 1975), dies.

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Bolivia: Congress accepts the resignation of President Hugo Banzer Suárez. Vice President Jorge Quiroga Ramírez is sworn in as president. On August 8 he names his cabinet, including Gustavo Fernández Saavedra as foreign minister, Gen. Óscar Guilarte as defense minister, and Jacques Trigo as finance minister.

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Comoros: A military junta seizes power on the secessionist island of Anjouan. The next day the formation of a military-civilian commission is announced, with a presidium consisting of Cmdr. Halidi Charif, Cmdr. Mohamed Bacar, and Capt. Hassan Ali Toilha. On August 25 Bacar is appointed head of state.

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Indonesia: President Megawati Sukarnoputri announces her cabinet, including Hassan Wirajuda as foreign minister, Matori Abdul Jalil as defense minister, Hari Sabarno as home minister, and Boediono as finance minister.

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Guinea-Bissau: Alamara Nhassé is named interior minister.

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Bangladesh: Former president (1982-83) A.F.M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury dies.East Timor: In parliamentary elections, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) wins 57% of the vote and 55 of 88 seats, followed by the Democratic Party with 9% and 7 seats. Turnout is 91.3%.